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Tragic Plane Crash Claims Ozzy Osbourne's Guitarist Randy Rhoads

3/20/2026

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Randy Rhoads, the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died on March 19, 1982, in Leesburg, Florida, in a stunt-plane crash.
The crash occurred after an argument with Ozzy Osbourne, when Rhoads tried a low flyover of the tour bus.
The plane, piloted by Andrew Aycock, clipped the bus and crashed, killing Rhoads, Aycock, and Rachel Youngblood.
Rhoads, who co-founded Quiet Riot, was 25 years old at the time.

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Randy Rhoads, the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died on March 19, 1982, in Leesburg, Florida, in a stunt-plane crash.
The crash occurred after an argument with Ozzy Osbourne, when Rhoads tried a low flyover of the tour bus.
The plane, piloted by Andrew Aycock, clipped the bus and crashed, killing Rhoads, Aycock, and Rachel Youngblood.
Rhoads, who co-founded Quiet Riot, was 25 years old at the time.